La Liga points table

Most leading team of Spanish Premier BBVA, Real Madrid & Barcelona can’t proof them as the best team of this tournament. Galaticos made 4 straight draw and a lost in last couple of weeks. Barca lost against Celta Vigo by 3 – 4 where as the team of Diego Simeone taking the advantage and right now Atletico Madrid standing on top position.

La Liga Standing table 2016-17

2016/2017 (Update – 6 Oct)

GP

W

D

L

F

A

GD

P

#1Atletico Madrid

7

4

3

0

14

2

+12

15

#2Real Madrid

7

4

3

0

16

7

+9

15

#3Sevilla FC

7

4

2

1

13

10

+3

14

#4Barcelona

7

4

1

2

22

10

+12

13

#5Villarreal

7

3

4

0

9

4

+5

13

#6Athletic Bilbao

7

4

0

3

10

8

+2

12

#7Las Palmas

7

3

2

2

16

13

+3

11

#8Eibar

7

3

2

2

9

7

+2

11

#9Real Sociedad

7

3

1

3

9

9

0

10

#10Celta Vigo

7

3

1

3

9

11

-2

10

#11Leganes

7

3

1

3

7

10

-3

10

#12Alaves

7

2

3

2

8

7

+1

9

#13Deportivo La Coruna

7

2

2

3

5

6

-1

8

#14Malaga

7

2

2

3

7

9

-2

8

#15Real Betis

7

2

2

3

8

12

-4

8

#16Sporting Gijon

7

2

1

4

6

16

-10

7

#17Espanyol

7

1

3

3

9

14

-5

6

#18Valencia

7

2

0

5

9

14

-5

6

#19Osasuna

7

0

3

4

7

15

-8

3

#20Granada

7

0

2

5

7

16

-9

2

Currently sponsoring by Spanish bank BBVA, La Liga is widely known as Liga BBVA which is the top professional football league competition based on Spain. So, it is also called Spanish La Liga. Though, BBVA will not be the main sponsor of Liga BBVA and therefore two new companies are announced named Movistar+ and Mahou. They both are currently competing to become the next sponsor of La Liga officially.

Total twenty (20) clubs used to participate in every Spanish League season where each season runs from August to May in every calendar year. There each team plays with the others twice. Once at home and other one at away total 38 matches. At the end of the season lower three points holder clubs relegated to Segunda Division and from there top point holder three team promotes to main league. According to that rule, for upcoming season of Liga BBVA 2016/17, three teams named Leganes, Osasuna and Alaves have got opportunity to compete in Spanish League.

According to the last season of Liga BBVA in 2015/16, Barcelona is the current champion where they have totally played 38 matches, won 29, drawn 4 and lost in 5. They have gathered total 91 points. Real Madrid is placed in 2nd position with 90 points and Atletico Madrid is in 3rd with 88 points. Barcelona won the last season of La Liga very dramatically. They lost three matches consecutively and as a result Atletico Madrid reached in top position. But, Messi, Neymar and Suarez in Barcelona once again showed their magic and won rest five matches. As a result, they have claimed the title for 24th times.

86th season of Spanish League will begin in next 21st August, 2016 and end up in next 21st May, 2017. Though, complete fixture of this largest league competition is not published yet.

The Spanish League was founded in 1929 and till now 85th season of Liga BBVA have successfully completed where almost sixty (60) clubs have already took part. Among them, nine franchise clubs have taken the title of this most prestigious league competition. Real Madrid is the most successful team in Primera Division by winning 32th titles of Primera League with 24th times runners up. Another Spanish giant Barcelona is in 2nd position where they have won 24th title with 24th times runners up. Besides of them, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo La Coruna, Sevilla and Real Betis have also tested the title of La Liga.